Year: 2012

The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is accepting nominations on behalf of faculty and staff who are making a difference in the lives of Vanderbilt students. The Mentoring Award is given annually to recognize achievements by and in support of women… Read More

(image courtesy of iD Tech Camps) Vanderbilt faculty and staff can receive a $125 discount when they enroll a child in iD Tech Camps this summer. The program offers weeklong, day and overnight sessions for students ages 7-17. Attendees learn to create iPhone and Android apps, video games,… Read More

Galloway was among about 40 engineering deans representing a broad spectrum of U.S. engineering programs that do well in retention. Read More

Click arrow above to listen to an InterVU with Deadline music composer Dave Perkins.   (poster image courtesy of Film House) A locally produced feature film premiering Feb. 15 has several Vanderbilt connections. Deadline, based on the novel Grievances by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mark Ethridge, features several… Read More

As always, hundred and hundreds of pictures were submitted by Vanderbilt staff and faculty for House Organ’s annual Pets of Vanderbilt feature, a Medical Center tradition. Finalists in the Dogs, Cats, and Group or Duo categories are published below, and be sure to click in the blue… Read More

Vanderbilt University researcher Ron Zimmer says many states are seeking No Child Left Behind waivers because states are required to raise the bar on the number of students reaching proficiency standards. Read More

Women who eat at least three servings of fish per week have a reduced risk of developing some types of colon polyps according to a new study by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators. Read More

A Vanderbilt study suggests unnecessary costs associated with the practice of defensive medicine play a substantial role in the nation’s rising cost of health care. Read More

(Image courtesy of the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco) A range of issues relative to the challenges, possibilities and tensions that have emerged from the migration and settlement of black people in North America, the Caribbean and Europe will be discussed at a symposium co-hosted by Vanderbilt… Read More

(Vanderbilt University) ESPN’s College GameDay will be on campus this Saturday, Feb. 11, prior to the Vanderbilt men’s home basketball game against Kentucky at 8 p.m. CT. The national broadcast will air from 9 to 11 a.m. CT on Saturday from inside Memorial Gym. The first hour will air… Read More

Novelist Jane Austen loved to dance and so does the Vanderbilt community, judging by the large turnout for “An Evening of Jane Austen Dances,” taught by Susan Kevra, senior lecturer in French and American Studies Feb 2 in the Alumni Hall Ballroom. Read More

"Maz" by John Chamberlain, 1960. (Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery) A sculpture from the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery collection will be included in upcoming Guggenheim exhibitions in New York and Spain. John Chamberlain’s 1960 work “Maz” will be featured as part of John Chamberlain: Choices, a… Read More

ResearchMatch.org is a web-based registry that is connecting participants and researchers for clinical studies. Read More

A new analytical tool points to genes that act together to increase disease risk. Read More

Zack Terrill (image courtesy of Jeopardy!) College of Arts and Science senior Zack Terrill will return Friday to the semifinals of the Jeopardy! College Championship. The episode will air at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, on WUXP-TV, Comcast/Xfinity Channel 14. Terrill placed second in last… Read More

Nuclear physicist Joseph Hamilton (Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt) The year has gotten off to a good start for modern-day alchemists like Vanderbilt physicists Joe Hamilton and A.V. Ramayya who are engaged in the extremely challenging scientific endeavor of extending the periodic table by creating new… Read More

Although written in the 1930s, Lillian Hellman’s play, The Children’s Hour, still resonates today. She skillfully illustrates the personal tragedy that follows when a schoolgirl tells lies about her teachers. Although the young girl is definitely to blame for the mayhem that occurs, Hellman also clearly attacks the self-righteous few who so easily accept unfounded libel. Read More

Chris Mann, a Blair School of Music alumnus (Class of ’04), is a contestant on the new season of The Voice on NBC. On Feb. 5’s special post-Superbowl premiere, he performed a blind audition of “Because We Believe” in Italian and was invited to… Read More

The TechVenture Challenge is an opportunity for Vanderbilt students to learn about the process of technology commercialization.    … Read More

Recycled "tin man" (image courtesy of SustainVU/Vanderbilt University) With recycling bins in most hallways and break rooms throughout Vanderbilt’s campus, it’s easier than ever to “pitch in.” RecycleMania, an intercollegiate competition that encourages participation in recycling, provides extra incentive to recycle during the months of February and March. Read More